braire

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bragiō, from Gaulish *bragu (compare Old Irish braigid (“to flatulate”)), from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti (“to flatulate”). Cognate with English bray.

• IPA^(key): /bʁɛʁ/

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braire (defective)

1. bray (to make the cry of a donkey)
2. (figuratively, by extension) to shout
3. (Belgium, Northern France, figuratively, by extension) to cry, to weep

This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -bray- root: *je brayis, *que nous brayissions etc. Forms using the 'a' endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -brais- was used instead of -bray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.

braire m (plural braires)

1. (obsolete) bray (noise made by a donkey)

• braiment, braîment
• braiement

• “braire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• abrier, barrie

From Old French braire, from Gaulish.

braire

1. to bray
2. to shout out

    Conjugation of the verb « braire » in Norman

infinitive			braire
gerund			brayant
auxiliary			aveir1
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		brait		braite
		plural		braits		braites
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	il, alle, nos	je (nos)	vos	il, alles
	present	brais	brais	brait	brayoms	brayez	braient
	imperfect	brayeis	brayeis	brayeit	brayioms	brayiez	brayeient
	preterite	brayis	brayis	brayit	brayîmes	brayîtes	brayîtrent
	future	brairai	brairas	braira	brairoms	brairez	brairont
	conditional	braireis	braireis	braireit	brairioms	brairiez	braireient
subjunctive		que je (j')	que te (t')	qu'il, qu'alle, que nos	que je (que nos)	que vos	qu'il, qu'alles
	present	braie	braies	braie	brayioms	brayiez	braient
	imperfect	brayisse	brayisses	brayît brayisse	brayissioms	brayissiez	brayissent
imperative		—	tu	—	je (nos)	vos	—
			brais		brayoms	brayez
1Used with past participles.

• ébraire

• braer, brere

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bragiāre, from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *bragyeti (“to fart”).

braire

1. (of an animal) to bray
2. (less common, of a person) to cry out; to shout out

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• Middle French: braire, brere, brayre
  • French: braire
• → Middle English: brayen, brai, bray, braye
  • English: bray
  • Middle Scots: bray